For most of the year, each person at one of our events reads whatever she wants, and though we share recommendations, we don’t generally swap books with one another. But once a year we do, at our annual Secret Santa book exchange. Last year, we held it at a science-fiction bookstore in Brooklyn (an excuse to get naked amid row upon row of wonderful, lurid covers); this year, we chose a spa in Koreatown called Juvenex. Which meant that in addition to a wildly eclectic and intriguing selection of books (see photo, below) we also got to enjoy soaking tubs filled with floating lemons, a sauna shaped like an igloo, a steam room so powerful none of us could take it for more than 5 minutes (but what minutes they were while they lasted!), and a variety of scrubs, massages, and facials. Oh, and tea and melon and pineapple. Yum.

We were joined by a journalist from Styleite.com who steadfastly remained clothed even in the steamy spa environs, despite being surrounded by 17 naked women (and one equally naked man). We felt bad for her! But who knows? Maybe next time she’ll feel confident enough to join in.

And now: on to the real Santa! Just a week away. We’ve been good, sir, we promise! In any event, we’re confident we won’t get lumps of coal in our stockings. Because, well, no stockings.

Merry and Happy, to all our fans and followers, and may 2015 be a glorious one, with nudity and justice for all. 🙂

Hi there, Sounds like a great place. I was down in Atlanta a couple months ago and stopped at Jeju Sauna and Well Being center which was a Korean type spa very similar to this place. Because it is a 24 hr facility and nudity is mandatory in the locker rooms and segregated sides, there wasn’t a possibility that they would open up for nudity throughout the facility, so the co-ed areas you must wear this silly uniform (basically medical scrubs) in the hot saunas. Seemed very silly and disappointing. There was a hot sauna in the mens nude areas and 3 different soaking pools which weren’t bad, but it just seemed silly to me. Is the area where you were nude clothing optional for all or is it also segregated?

Sane is good, and pegging can be fun, but no: we only invite a small number of men to our events (which, though co-ed, are intentionally female-focused), and the men we do invite are all ones we already know well, usually someone’s boyfriend or husband or long-time best pal, or at least that one of the women in attendance can personally vouch for. This isn’t a perfect approach, but it’s the best one we have found.

So there were lemons floating in the tubs, and the referenced article referred to it as “sugar”. What were the tubs actually filled with? It sure looks like fun, but there must be a heck of a cleanup required if you actually soaked in sugar water.